Posts by Diana
Foxie playing in the mirror
Today I discovered a new game with Foxie. I was having difficulty throwing her troll doll back to her (some days my aim is just off), so I put it in a sock and tossed it up, my thought being that she would have more to grab on to. It worked like a charm, and…
Read MoreNY Times op-ed by Charles Siebert
One year ago, before the Cle Elum Seven arrived at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, I posted a blog entry with a link to a radio interview with Charles Siebert on This American Life. Today, Siebert had an op-ed printed in the New York Times entitled Something Wild. Here is an excerpt: There is something about chimpanzees…
Read MoreAn afternoon snapshot
Negra adjusts her blanket as she sits on the bed in one of the front rooms Foxie inspects her troll dolls Jamie surrounds herself with all of the raisin (actually craisin) boards that she collected Annie and Missy play wrestle in front of a window on the catwalk Not pictured: Burrito and Jody watching the…
Read MoreToday Show spot
Sarah, CSNW’s Executive Director, was the expert voice on a segment on the Today Show this morning about chimpanzee pet ownership. The segment spent a great deal of time with a pet owner in Montana who has two male chimpanzees around six years old. These chimpanzees were bought from the same breeder who sold Travis,…
Read MoreLessons from chimpanzees
When I am feeling down, I think about the Cle Elum Seven chimpanzees at CSNW and everything they have been through in their lives. I am amazed and humbled that Jody, after decades of living in a small cage in a medical laboratory, after having seven babies taken from her, can still enjoy relaxing in…
Read Moremore on Travis and pet ownership
Although much of the coverage on the tragedy of Travis, the chimpanzee in Connecticut who mauled Charla Nash and was subsequently shot and killed, has been frustrating to say the least, there have been a couple of good interviews included in media items very recently which I wanted to share. This video segment includes an…
Read MoreTragedy of keeping chimpanzees as pets
We prefer to keep things focused on the positive and love sharing the daily lives of the chimpanzees at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. But the fact is that it is a shame our sanctuary has to exist at all. The Cle Elum Seven never should have been used in research or entertainment. Chimpanzees simply do not…
Read MoreMore on the Valentine’s Day happenings
Lest you think that the chimpanzees had too laid-back of a day, they also had a romp outside before dinner. Jamie was sporting a new look Jody climbed up to the cargo net outside and discovered a pecan in the shell, which she brought back down with her At dinner, we set up yet another…
Read MoreValentine’s Day video
That is Foxie (yes, Foxie!) going through the enrichment bags full of goodies in the first part of the video. The day went like this: Fresh fruit & smoothie for breakfast (and the crepes that Negra went crazy for!), big cleaning and disinfecting of the playroom, then setting up the party which consisted of new…
Read MoreA few Valentine’s photos
Here are a few shots of the day. The first is Jody with a treat enrichment that Robbi made – Robbi is an expert chimpanzee party-planner and brought lots of great stuff over. The second is Burrito enjoying Pam’s heart-shaped banana bread. He REALLY enjoyed it. The third photo is Jamie getting a new toy…
Read MoreHappy Valentine’s Day!
Here are a couple of preview shots. The first is the heart-shaped banana bread that Pam made – I had to take a photo before we cut it up to distribute. The second is fresh squeezed grape juice in plastic champagne glasses (thank you Debbie for your juicing and Rozsika for the idea for the…
Read MoreKIMA story
Visit KIMA for the written story and to comment! Check out that shed, in the above segment, that Jim built and Audrey and Brian helped put together 🙂 *Note that the Sippin’ for the Seven wine tasting event is in Roslyn at the Masonic Building. Vintage Vine, wine and antique shop, is organizing the event…
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